Policy
Texas Treads A New Path Into Zoning To Battle Housing Crisis
Texas is one of the nation's most active homebuilding states, yet affordability slips out of reach for millions. Lawmakers now aim to rewire the state’s zoning laws to boost supply, speed up approvals, and limit local obstruction. We unpack three key bills and the stakes behind them.
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Tariff Day in Homebuilder Land: Strategic Leaders' Call to Action
President Trump’s sweeping new reciprocal tariff regime sets off an urgent reality check for homebuilding leaders: Navigate rising costs, restore buyer confidence, and power forward—because no one else can.
Policy
This Missing Middle Adaptive Reuse Project Can Play In Peoria
Missing middle housing advocates focus on new construction but give little attention to how repurposing existing buildings can be a solution. A redevelopment of an old college building in New York City's Brooklyn offers an example of how it can be done.
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Colorado’s Housing Crisis: Lower Barriers, Raise Capability
With a builder's legacy, a bipartisan movement gains momentum to reform regulations and spark housing affordability solutions.
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How Climate-Forward Rules Trip Up California Affordability Push
California has struggled with housing shortages and affordability. Pursuing climate policies focused on infill development only could be making the struggle worse.
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Regulation Recoil: Developers Avoid Gateway Cities ... Here's Why
Multifamily rental developers focus on investments in the Sun Belt and secondary metropolitan areas, which have tended to outpace others in economic growth, especially in the past several years of the post-pandemic era.
